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Personal info

Full name
LUCY, Hiram L
Date of birth
27 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Brunswick County, Virginia
Hometown
Brunswick County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33543062
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Fontoy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 15 41

Immediate family

Members
Milton M. Lucy (father)
Mary M. (Pearson) Lucy (mother)
Milton M. Lucy (brother)
Atwell K. Lucy (brother)
Lawrence E. Lucy (brother)
Charles R. Lucy (brother)

More information

Pfc Hiram L. Lucy attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Petersburg, Virginia on 28 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

He is also remembered at the Edgerton Methodist Church Cemetery in Edgerton, Brunswick County, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Louise Homan Keiser

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Louise Homan Keiser